Harness-pad



(No Model.)

H. DOERING. HARNESS PAD,

No. 496,821. Patented May 2, 1893.

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HARNESS-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,821, dated May 2,1893. Application filed February 3, 1893. Serial No. 460,823. (Nomodel.) Patented in Canada November 3, 1892, No. 40,877.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN DOERING, manufacturer, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Reedsburg, in the county of Sank and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorse-Collar Pads, as set forth in the following specification, (whichhas been patented in Canada, November 3,1892, No. 40,877,) referencebeing had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which the figure is a perspective View of ahorse-collar pad embodying my invention.

My invention relates to horse-collar pads, and consists of theconstructions and combinations of devices which I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and usethe same I will now describe its construction and indicatethe manner in which the same is carried out.

In the accompanying drawing A represents a metal plate adapted to havethe collar secured to it; the said plate approximating the curvature ofthe collar and its two side portions a extending downward for aboutseven inches along the inner surface of the collar. From the top centralportion of the plate extends aloop or staple B through which the usualcollar-strap is adapted to pass to assist in securing the collar to theplate, and near the lower sides of the plate one on each outer side asshown, are riveted or otherwise fastened straps 0 having a buckle esecured to one of its ends and adapted to be engaged by the oppositefree end of the strap. These straps form loops through which the sidesof the collar pass, and they are made to clasp said collar and tounbuckle so that the collar may be placed in position on the pad fromeither side, as I shall hereinafter disclose.

0 represents the pad proper made of leather curved to fit the horsesback and to extend downward along each side for a short distance. Thisleather pad has its forward and rear ends curved upwardly to facilitatea free rocking movement of the pad; which movement is effected byloosely riveting the lower ends of the metal plate directly to the sidesof the pad, or to the reinforcing plates H, riveted to the inside of thepad and serving to prevent the pivot from tearing through the leather.

The jointing of the pad to the plate in the manner described forms astrong and secure pivotal connection, and as the upper surface of thepad is separated by a space say of an inch, from the under top surfaceof the metal plate, it is manifest that the plate may rock freely overthe pad without imparting any of its movement thereto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the leather pad with upwardly curved front and rearsides, the metal plate conforming to the curvature of the pad and insidethe collar, the said plate being separated from the pad at the topportion, having a loop at its upper end to receive the collar strap, andhaving its lower ends pivotally secured to the pad so that the pad mayrock independent of the plate, the side straps riveted to the plate andadapted to embrace the collar, and the plates on the inside of the padhaving the pivots of the plate mounted in them to prevent the lattertearing through the pad, substantially as herein described.

HERMAN DQERING'.

Witnesses: v

SAVILIAN H. SMITH,

J AMES A. STONE.

